This morning while I was travelling with my wife on the way to work , I enquired about the well being of my brother in law and she told me that life goes on.... I was taken a back on her comments because it is not easy to live on. I was stuck with her comments as to live life simply is not easy.
How can we live as simple as possible ? We have a lot of needs and we always compare ourselves with others and we wnat what the Jones have. To discard all these needs and to live the life of a "monk" ? We have to discard all we learn and experience and shun away from this materislitic world and become a recluse. What happen to all our education and qualifications? We study so hard and we expected to get a good job and enjoy the comfort of our hard work. What happen now ? We will be in a total loss. The Establishment will not accept us and people will look down on us. We will not be able to get through our expectation as we are egoistic.
It blow my mind to believe that one have to give everything away and to live a simple happy life. Can we be happy without achievements and just live the day as simple as possible. We should do it on the first day of our life instead of going through all the levels of eductation and to live a simple life .
But, it is true that we can live a simple life and we stop comparing with tohers . In the end, everything is only temporary and in ilusion. Finally, it is ashes to ashes , dust to dust. If we are able to realize and understand this concept like what we study in Buddhism , then we may be able to live simply and letting life goes on and look at the world at a different light.
It is a matter of perception of what is good , bad or ugly and it all depends on us to live life as happy as we want if we can shun the materialistic world. There is nothing wrong on how we live and what we have. Life is what we want and it all depend on us.
Namaste.
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